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Papers of Isaac Bassett Name Index NAME BOX FOLDER / PAGE Aborn, Sarah............................................................14 E 122a Ackerman, Mr..........................................................11 C 31c Acklen, Joseph Hayes..............................................20 B 38g Adams, George M. (Clerk of the House)...................7 A 35 Adams, John ..............................................................2 B 279 10 B 42-43 11 B 14 13 A 8a 15 C 38b E 80b G 126a 17 B 2-7 20 D 88b 34 C 113 Adams, John Quincy..................................................3 C 79, 87 6 B 17 10 B 42-43, 46-48 11 B 14 13 A 8a 14 B 39a E 135k,n 17 D 4 19 C 2a 20 D 88b F 154 G 182-83 I 283a 30 D 8 G 17 Adams, Mr. (Clerk)..................................................11 B 16, 21 C 28 Adams, Mrs. ............................................................17 B 4 Adams, Stephen .........................................................8 B 77 Adams, William L. ....................................................7 A 38 Addison, Mr.............................................................13 A 8a Agg (Reporter).........................................................18 C 9 Agnew, Dr. ..............................................................16 B 41a Aiken, Warren .........................................................15 E 85a,e Albert, (Prince) ........................................................13 C 49c Alcorn, James Lusk ...................................................3 C 83a 15 D 47a Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth..........................................3 B 36-62 10 A 34e-g,m-o 12 B 16a 13 C 49b 14 E 122a 15 B 27c C 37b −1− Papers of Isaac Bassett Name Index NAME BOX FOLDER / PAGE F 92, 92a Alexander (Czar of Russia)......................................11 A 10 Alfonso (King of Spain) ..........................................11 A 10 Alger, Russell Alexander.........................................11 A 10a 18 G 67a Allen, Charles Herbert...............................................6 B 21 Allen, Edward Payson .............................................10 A 34c Allen, John Beard ....................................................18 G 59, 59a Allen, William .........................................................10 A 5a B 62a 14 C 63 16 A 1-5, 5a Allen, William C........................................................4 B 29j Allison, William Boyd...............................................3 B 59a C 83a 6 A 12 B 24 7 A 20, 34, 38-39 10 A 26c, 34c,j B 52l,p C 84 11 A 2, 7, 10a B 20 C 28, 30 12 B 16a 13 C 49b 14 E 135a 15 B 17 D 53b E 68a F 101, 101a-e 16 B 41c 30 G 38, 45 31 D 86, 96 33 A 35 Alyne, Samuel H.G..................................................13 C 50 Ames, Adelbert........................................................17 B 2 Anderson, Dr. ..........................................................16 B 41a Anderson, Gen...........................................................3 C 83b Anderson, Maj. ........................................................14 B 41a Anderson, Robert Raney..........................................10 A 34m Andrews, Joseph......................................................17 B 6 Anthony, Henry Bowen 5 C 129 6 A 15 B 17 7 A 11-12, 24-26, 28-32, 36 9 A 22-25 10 A 34 −2− Papers of Isaac Bassett Name Index NAME BOX FOLDER / PAGE C 98 11 A 7 B 15, 20, 22 C 28-30, 35a 13 C 50a,50b, 50d 14E 114-16, 121-22i, 135a, 137d 15 F 101d G 119b 16 A 19 17 A 4 19 A 17-18, 20 20 D 80-81, 88a E 92 30 D 18 E 4 31 D 86 Anthony, William (Grandfather of H.B.).................14 E 122a Appleton, John (Chief Justice)...................................4 B 29a Archer, Mr. ..............................................................19 C 1a Archer, William Segar...............................................3 C 69-72 16 C 58 20 E 94 Armstrong, C. (Page)...............................................10 C 84 Armstrong, David Hartley .......................................11 B 24 Aronson, Rudolph....................................................17 E 40a Arthur, Chester Alan..................................................3 C 83b 10 C 96 11 B 13 12 A 11a 13 C 55a 15 F 101d G 126a,b 16 B 33a,c, 41c, 43b 17 A 3 18 G 65a 30 G 58 Arthur, Gen..............................................................10 B 43 Ashburton, Lord.......................................................20 B 38c Ashe, Thomas Samuel .............................................17 B 6 Ashley, Chester..........................................................6 A 7-10 20 E 93 Ashton, Thomas.......................................................15 D 45c Atchison, David Rice.................................................1 E 203 20 A 24a Atkins, John DeWitt ................................................11 A 7 B 16 30 D 4 Aulick, W.W. (Page) .................................................6 B 16, 23 −3− Papers of Isaac Bassett Name Index NAME BOX FOLDER / PAGE 10 C 84 Austin, Sidney F. .......................................................7 A 16 Badeau, Gen. ...........................................................11 A 10 Badger, George Edmund............................................1 D 153 16 C 57a F 117-19, 119a 17 A 5 20 I 284a 30 A 1 B 1 Bagby, Arthur Pendleton .........................................16 E 115-16, 116a Bailey, James Edmund...............................................7 A 20 10 A 34m 11 A 7 B 20, 24 C 29 Bailey, Joseph Weldon Sr........................................20 A 2a Bailey, Mountjoy (Sgt-At-Arms).............................13 A 2, 3, 13 B 31b C 50d 18 C 20 20 A 3 C 55 G 192 Bain, George B. .......................................................20 A 1a, 3 Baker, Edward Dickinson........................................11 A 1a 17 A 18-19 20 C 59 21 D 19a Baker, Jehu ................................................................6 B 20 11 A 10a Baker, John Harris ...................................................11 A 7 Baldwin, Henry Porter.............................................10 C 77 14 A 9a 15 C 39a Baldwin, Roger Sherman.........................................20 I 284a 30 G 41 Ball, A.F. .................................................................11 B 20 Balzac, Honore de....................................................13 A 8a Bancroft, George .......................................................4 A 13b Banks, Nathaniel Prentice..........................................6 B 21 10 A 34b 13 A 10 20 D 88b 31 D 86 Barbour, John Strode (Jr./Sr.?) ................................18 G 58, 58a 32 A 14 34 F 136 −4− Papers of Isaac Bassett Name Index NAME BOX FOLDER / PAGE Barker, Dr. Fordyce .................................................16 B 41a Barksdale, Mr. .........................................................10 A 34b Barlow, Gen.............................................................11 C 29 Barnes, Dr. (Surgeon Gen.) .....................................11 C 35 Barnes, George Thomas.............................................6 B 20 Barnett, William ......................................................10 A 34m Barnum, Phineas Taylor ..........................................20 B 31a Barnum, William Henry ..........................................11 B 20, 24 18 E 2, 2a Barr, Mr. ..................................................................11 A 3 Barrow, Alexander...................................................14 C 52 16 C 53-54 Barry, (Gary?) Postmaster Gen................................19 C 2a Barry, William Taylor .............................................14 E 135k,n Bartine, Horace Franklin ...........................................4 A 13g Bartlett, (George Arthur?) .......................................18 G 67a Barton, David...........................................................17 D 1 20 I 265 Bassett, Adeline (Granddaughter)..............................6 B 16, 23 Bassett, Adeline Hurdle (Wife) .................................6 A 15a B 16, 22, 23 Bassett, Burwell.......................................................20 D 88b Bassett, Effie (Granddaughter) ..................................6 B 16, 23 Bassett, George T. (Son)............................................6 B 16, 23 Bassett, George Washington....................................21 A 1 Bassett, Helen (Granddaughter).................................6 B 16, 23 Bassett, Isaac .............................................................4 A 13h,i 5 C 129 6 A 11-15 B 16-25 7 A 4, 7-9, 11, 28, 37 10 A 4, 13a,d, 15a,c, 34a,c,e,f,i B 38a, 60, 71a, 73a C 77, 81, 84, 94a, 103a 11 A 3, 5-6 B 16, 18-19, 21-26 C 30, 35, 35a, 38 12 B 16a-c 13 A 8b B 31b, 32a, 35 C 51a 14 A 2 B 30 D 84-85, 91-2, 108-09 E 116, 135a-36c, 137a-d, 138a-d 15 C 32 D 52, 62-63 E 68j, 75 −5− Papers of Isaac Bassett Name Index NAME BOX FOLDER / PAGE G 114b, 119a, 121, 124, 125a,b 16 B 41c 17 A 28-30, 32-33 E 40b 18 C 16, 19, 20 F 41 19 A 1, 3, 9, 13-14, 17 20 A 1-3 B 38d C 55, 67-69, 73 E 120 F 133 G 178-180 H 204, 229 I 281 21 B 8a C 13a F 39a,b, 41-43 30 D 17 E 1b, 7a F 10 G 22, 32b, 34, 43-44, 54, 56, 64 31 D 86-87, 93, 95, 97, 100, 103 32 A 4, 9 B 18 33 D 63-64, 70 E 82 34 C 112 D 125 E 135 F 155, 158 Bassett, Isaac III (Grandson) .....................................6 B 16, 23 Bassett, Isaac Jr. (Son)...............................................6 A 13 B 16, 23 Bassett, John (Grandson)...........................................6 B 16, 23 Bassett, Lilian (Granddaughter).................................6 B 16, 23 Bassett, Mrs. (Mother of I. Bassett).........................19 A 12 Bassett, Mrs. Robert (Sister-in-Law).........................6
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